Lifting device and lock for automobile hoods



June. 17, 1930. 5, O'YBRIEA'I I 1,764,578

LIFTING DEVICE AND LOOK FOR AUTOMOBILE HOODS Filed Sept. 24, 1928 Inventor Sic/me? M.OB er1 A tldr ney Patented June 17, 1930 I if burrss OFFECE j x V sinnnizm. OBRIEN, ornocnns'rnmnnw l I i LIFTI G DEVICE AND LOCK non AtrroMoBILE noons Application filed September 24, lees. v 'seria 308,111, I i

The object of this invention is'to provide Keyed on the shaft 3 is an arm 9 on the. a new and improved mechanisin'for lifting end ofwhich is carried a quadrant 10. This either side of a hood of an automobile from quadrant has a slot '11 therein which is the drivers seat, so that the driver will not curved and extends through an'arc of, about have to touch the hood itself, and need not 90 degrees.) The radius of the quadrantis 5 soil his hands thereon. much shorter than the arm .9. A pin 12 en- 1 f Another object of the invention is to. lock gagesin this slot and canbe clamped in any the hood in either its raised or in its lowered position desired along the slot. 011 thispin position, is pivoted a link 13 whichis fastened to the- These and other objects of the invention bracket 14 which in turn is] fastened to the ca will be illustrated in thedrawing, described hood 15; On, the lower end of the quadrant in the specification and pointed out in the 10 1s PIOVlClGCl a lug 16which engages under. claims'at the. end thereof. the link 13 after the ar1n9 is raised to the In the drawings: position shown inl igure 2.

V Fio'ure 1 is a side elevation of'the mecha- When the arm '9 is-hrs roxiinatel' 'the" G5 a: Y

nisin forraising either side of the hood. Oli n i *positi n S WIIiII Figure-2 the" Figure 2 is a perspective view shOWing'the lug 16 engages thelink 13 and thereafter the hood partly raised, the hood being viewed 161111 13ceasesto swing'on the, pin 12 as a from the front. center, but swings around the shaft 3 as a 20 Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the nt t p i 'b' g fiXeCl y t e lug l6 hood in raised position. i g and-pin 12. {the lug 16 is adjustable in the Figure 2 shows the dash and operating Slotto'varytlieposition of the link 13 and lever as viewed from the drivers seat. the throw of the hood.- The relative mcve- Figure 5 is a detailed View of the latch ment between thearin Q-andthe link 13 is 2: for fastenin the hood in lace when in its 130 elmill the-110061 t0 Settle t0 its C lowest position. position at the bottom independently of the v Figure 6 is a detailed view of the crank i ng m cha ism an 'p it to be i ted and handle. 7 and lowered without striking the fender. p In the drawing reference numeral 1 indi-- lv l l .l f g'm h ni m is Operated, 3!. cates the dash and 2 indicates the instrument t e 110061 is first-lifted to the position shown I board. In the dash is mounted a main shaft in Figure 2 up 'to which point the hood and 8 and a jack shaft 4:. The ack shaft has a link wing freely r0111 the pinlZ, but there crank 5 011 the end thereof and a handle 6 after the'lug16; engag s tlle'lillk d Causes mounted thereon by which it is turned; The Y the link to swing the hood out and up to the V I end ofthe crank 5 is forked and the handle .po itionshown illFigureB. VJhenthe hood} 6 is pivotally mounted in the fork. l'Vhen reaches the position'shown in Figure the the hood is raised, the handle 6 is placed in handle 6 is turned" under the instrument the dotted line position, shown in Figure 4; boardasshown in dotted lines in Figure 4 locking the hood up, and when the hood is and this looks the hood in raised position.

40' dowmthe handle 6 is-placedin the full line 1 The handle turns'up in "front of the instruis held down and the crank is locked in that 7 When the hood islowered thelower edge position shown in Figure 4: where it is out inent boardas moves in either direction .to of the way. In this full line position it enraise or lower the hood. Thismakesiit posgages with the latch 7 which is attachedto s ble forlt to hold the hood in raised p0.

. theinstrument board by which the handle sition when-the-hoodisup.

position locking .the hood down. ofthe hood'engag'es the short arm 20 of the Theshaft 3 and the jack shaft 4 each have bell crank 21 pivote'd; at 22 on the frame of a sprocket Wheel keyed therein XVlllCll'ttlG the can} This causes the long arm 23 to connected by a sprocket chain 8 by which swinginsidewaysagainst the hood and the 53 the shaft 3 is turned by the jacks-heft rubbenpad 24: thereon presses against the 1 I hood and pushes it to place against the radi- .ator and other fixed parts of the car structure and holds it there. A rubber pad is provided on the arm so as to cushion the contact between it and the bottom of the said pin at one end and pivotally connected to the hood at the other end, a lug on said arm adapted to engage the link at somedistan'ce from the pin and cause the link to swing with the arm in a fixed angular'relation thereto to raise the link and hood above the arm.

2. lifting device for an automobile hood comprising a shaft, an arm on said shaft, a pin thereon, a link pivotally mounted on said pin at one end and pivotally connected to the hood at the other end, a lug on said arm adapted to engage the link at some distance from the pin and cause the link to swing With-the arm in a fixed angular relation thereto to raise the link and hood abovethe arm, means for locking the arm,

link and hood in such raised position.

A lifting device for an automobile hood comprising a main shaft, a ack shaft with gearing between them so that the main shaft is driven from the jack shaft, a crank and a handle pivotally mounted on the jack shaft, an arm on said main shaft, connections between the arm and the hood .by which the hood is lifted on theinovem'ent of the crank andhandle, said handle being adapted} to engage under the instrument board by beingturned on its pivot, said handle serving'when so engaged to hold the hood in raised position. 7 v

lifting device for an automobile hood comprising a main shaft, a jack shaft with gearing between them so that the main shaft is driven fromthe ack shaft, a crank and a handle pivotally mounted on the jack shaft, an arm on said main shaft, connections between the arm and the hood by which the hood is lowered on themovement of the crank and handle, a latch adapted to engage the handle and hold the hood down in its lowest position.

A lifting device for an automobile hood comprising a shaft, an arm on. said shaft, a quadrant on said arm having a slot therein, pin adjustably mounted in said-slot at one end thereof, a lug adjustably mounted in said slot at the other end thereof, a link pivotally mounted on said pin at one end and SIDNEY M. OBRIEN. 

